The Politics of Tribulation

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Sarah Palin and the Rapture
By RAYMOND J. LAWRENCE
http://counterpunch.org/lawrence09202008.html


"Is this country ready for a president who is excited about and eagerly looking forward to the Rapture? The Rapture, as it is called, is the imaginary day when Jesus will come down from the sky and lift up into heaven all those who are saved, leaving behind all unbelievers to destruction and death? Anyone who believes in the Rapture scenario will likely interpret a catastrophic nuclear exchange as the opening scene of the Rapture. Thus an American president who believes in the Rapture would arguably have at least some ambivalence toward a nuclear holocaust. A believer in the Rapture with his or her fingers on the nuclear trigger might even be tempted to bring on the Rapture. The Rapture, for those who believe in it, is hardly a negative event. Rather it is culmination of everything they hope for, deliverance into the heavenly arms of Jesus. Presumably Sarah Palin believes in the Rapture. It is one of the doctrines of her religion, and she has nowhere disavowed it. Are Americans ready to sleep at night with a President who longs for the Rapture?"

The author couldn't be more wrong about the theology behind Sarah Palin and other adherents to the third wave. Their movement is not denomination-specific, making it difficult to ascribe the beliefs or attributes of any denomination to them. They are driven to seek-out and destroy evil in the world through spiritual warfare. The movement is structured and authoritarian, and would, by all means, try to exercise its authority over her should she be in a position of great power.

The third wave movement is not about waiting for the rapture. It intends to spiritually purify the world by force. We should be very, very scared of Sarah Palin